This motor has been paired with an 8 - speed tiptronic automatic transmission gear box
with gearshift controls on steering wheel.
«Touchtronic» transmission with
manual gearshift control using «+» and «- «sports steering wheel mounted gear shift buttons
It dispenses with the need for a clutch pedal,
while gearshift control is of the ««P - R - N - D» type, plus an «up / down» shift mode.
The Drive / Neutral /
Reverse gearshift control is attached to the seat, so as to be close at hand, while secondary controls like the door releases and window switches are shifted to an overhead pod.
During sporty driving, cornering G - shift control suppresses undesirable acceleration - related gear changes for more
intuitive gearshift control.
Interior touches include AMG sport seats with Nappa / nubuck leather upholstery, an AMG - specific instrument cluster and the aforementioned steering wheel with
manual gearshift controls.
BMW's familiar iDrive rotary dial below
the gearshift controls the on - screen action, and now features integration with a GoPro app for recording your drives.